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2007 Sam Houston

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠4, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Sam Houston in 2007, game by game: won vs. Angelo State 17–13; won vs. Arkansas Monticello 48–10; lost at North Dakota State 38–41; lost at Oklahoma State 3–39; lost vs. Central Arkansas 14–35; lost at McNeese 21–31; won vs. Northwestern State 42–20; won at Stephen F. Austin 45–17; won at SE Louisiana 20–16; won vs. Texas State 29–28+38−36Won 17–13 vs. Angelo State+4Angelo StateWon 48–10 vs. Arkansas Monticello+38Arkansas Montic…Lost 38–41 at North Dakota State-3North Dakota St…Lost 3–39 at Oklahoma State-36Oklahoma StateLost 14–35 vs. Central Arkansas-21Central ArkansasLost 21–31 at McNeese-10McNeeseWon 42–20 vs. Northwestern State+22Northwestern St…Won 45–17 at Stephen F. Austin+28Stephen F. Aust…Won 20–16 at SE Louisiana+4SE LouisianaWon 29–28 vs. Texas State+1Texas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsAngelo StateW 17–⁠1373%
Sep 8vsArkansas MonticelloW 48–⁠1076%
Sep 15atNorth Dakota StateL 38–⁠4132%
Sep 29atOklahoma StateL 3–⁠3918%
Oct 6vsCentral ArkansasL 14–⁠3553%
Oct 13atMcNeeseL 21–⁠3122%
Oct 20vsNorthwestern StateW 42–⁠2061%
Oct 27atStephen F. AustinW 45–⁠1762%
Nov 10atSE LouisianaW 20–⁠1657%
Nov 15vsTexas StateW 29–⁠2861%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas State 29–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
277–⁠250
Coach
—
Elo
1329 +30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.9 No. 32 of 123 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2007 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
McNeese6–⁠010–⁠1
Central Arkansas5–⁠26–⁠5
Sam Houston4–⁠26–⁠4
Nicholls3–⁠36–⁠4
Northwestern State3–⁠44–⁠7
SE Louisiana2–⁠43–⁠7
Texas State2–⁠43–⁠7
Stephen F. Austin0–⁠60–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.